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rotation, Uranus’ magnetic field is tipped over: the magnetic axis is tilted nearly 60 degrees from the planet’s axis of rotation, and is also offset from the center of the planet by one-third of the
One day on Uranus takes about 17 hours. This is the amount of time it takes Uranus to rotate, or spin once around its axis. Uranus makes a complete orbit around the Sun (a year in Uranian time) in about 84 Earth years (30,687 Earth days).
Rotation The atmospheres of Uranus and Neptune are typically associated with strong zonal winds with velocities up to 200 m s−1 and 400 m s−1 , respectively. Uranus and Neptune wind velocities are the strongest observed in the solar system; the energy source to drive such energetic atmospheric winds is unknown.
23 cze 2023 · The tilt in Uranus' axis subjects its magnetic poles to long, dark winters and long, bright summers. It takes 17 hours for Uranus to orbit or rotate completely. But it takes about 84 Earth years (30,687 Earth days) for Uranus to make a complete orbit around the sun.
A historical review of the use of three independent techniques for measuring the rotational rate is presented. The approaches examined are: (1) using theoretical interior models together with observations of the oblateness and the gravitational moment; (2) studying periodic fluctuations in the brightness; and (3) spectrographically measuring ...
2 sie 1998 · Based on the previous Voyager observations, Uranus spins on its axis at a faster rate than Earth does, completing one rotation every 7 hours, 14 minutes. One of the four gas giant planets of our solar system, Uranus is largely featureless.
However, as you have access to this content, a full PDF is available via the ‘Save PDF’ action button. From the start of this century until the mid-1970’s the rotation rate of Uranus was reported to be 10.8 h in a retrograde sense (see, for example, Allen, 1955), but a cursory examination of the origin of this datum reveals that little ...
